1821 Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina & Georgia, Volume 1, ELLIOTT, Illust

Description: A Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia. Volume I only. By Stephen Elliott Published: J. R. Schenck, Charleston, SC, 1821.. Volume I only. 606 pp., includes 10 engraved plates depicting plants. Outer binding is essentially the marbled endpapers (chipped) as the front and rear boards are lacking. Part of leather spine cover still present, though with some rudimentary tape repairs. Persistent moderate to heavy foxing with some insect damage as well, The 12 plates heavily foxed, as per usual. A volume worthy of repair and rebinding. Elliott (1771-1830), a native of Beaufort, S.C., and a 1791 graduate of Yale, served in a number of state political offices until 1812 when he was elected president of the newly established Bank of the State of South Carolina, a position he held until his death. "[Now best known] as a naturalist, between 1800 and 1808 he lived in comparative retirement on his plantation in Beaufort, and during this period collected, examined, and prepared material for [this book]. It is said to have contained 180 genera and 1000 more species than the 'Flora Caroliniana' of Thomas Walter" (DAB). Bound at the rear of volume two is a 12-page publisher's catalogue with a separate title page "Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of English, French and American Medical Books, for sale by E., L. Carey and A. Hart, Corner of Chestnut and Fourth Streets" (Philadelphia, 1832; OCLC locates two copies: AAS, Utah). Sabin 22276. American Imprints 5243 and 16503. Turnbull, II, p. 70. De Renne I, pp. 375. I've done my best to describe the book, but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.

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Location: Clemmons, North Carolina

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